Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-09
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

Committee on Grounds and Buildings. The
Committee on Privileges and Elections reported
back the credentials OF Senators Stockbridge of
Michigan, and Turpie. Of Indiana, together with
H see m the latter e the
The Senate then passed fifty seven pen.
sion bills. The conference report on
the river and harbor bill was presented. As
it came from the House originally appropriated,
he said. 81. .46s,0 As It passed the Senate it
appropriated Sl0.62o,oJ0. As now reported from
the conference COMMITTEES it appropriated $a,pl3-
Other bills were taken from the calendar and
passed as follows: The Senate bill to author
ize the construction Of a bridge across the
sensss fn biz " e 70 near qnies A'0e The : title of
settlers on Des Moines river lands in Iowa
The bill for ascertaining and settling private
RADIO was taken up and amended 90 as to make
II applicable to other States. In the House the
bill making appropriations for the payment Of
e. ooo for t5o remapdsr @ of the cnrpent nscs
year and 4.600. 900 for the next fiscal year. The
conferences report on the Indian appropriation
bill Was suomitted end agreed to The rules
tiun bin WA4 sAhcs- uIS a7nendeA Ia -
A disagreement to the conferences report on the
fisheries retnliatory bill was announced In the
evening session large number OF bills were
passed authorizing the construction Of bridges,
among them the following: Across the Missouri
river at Kansas City and at Omaha: across tn Q
On the I'd the Senate concuired in the House
amendments to the Senate bill authorizing
bridge across the Missouri River between Coun-
Gil Bluffs and Omaha. The naval appropriation
bill came up, and after having been considered
in Committee of the Whole was reported to the
senate with amendments. The latter strike
out tho house provision for two swift double
bottoMed steel cruisers and four gunboats, to
cost not more than 8, ,,950,00o and insert in lieu
thereof section providing for six protected
steel cruisers with suitable armament and
speed OF not less than twenty knots, at q cost
not to exceed $90J0,0oo, exclusive of armament
For every quarter knot OF speed over twenty
Knots the contractor is to receive s5o.ooo and
for every quarter knot under twenty knots S50.-
0W will be deducted from the contract price
The amendments and then the bill amended
were passed without division. The Conference
Committee o.: the Pacific Railroad inquiry bill
submitted its report, which was adopted and
the bill went to the President BY vote of 80
yeas to Is nays the bill appropriatng $500 600 to
commence the erection of memorial bridge
across the Potomac from Washington to Airing
ton in honor of Lincoln and Grant was passed.
Also bill authorizing the construction Of q
Ssase astoss fS the bs Missouri vs at Man
on the agricultural appropriation bill
was rgreed to. In the House the Senate amend
ments to the House joint resolution for an in
vestigation OF the accounts of the Pacific lail-
road was non-concurred in The Senate amend
ments to the bill anne1ing portion OF Idaho to
Washington Territory were agreed TO- The fish
cries retaliatory bill was passed by the House
exactly as it came from the Senate. The con-
ference report on the bill for investigation Of
Pacific railroad accounts was agreed to, as ALSO
the conference report on the agricultural bill.
The Conference report on the sundry civil up
preparation bill, by which compromise was Of
fected on an aggregate appropriation of s2,-
3s2, 400 was adopted The Senate amendments
to the naval appropriation bill were non-con-
CURED in and conference asked.
On the Sd the Senate passed the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill with
but few amendments. The House bill to or
ganize land district for mo mans land" pre-
viously passed by the Senate with amendments,
was recalled and the votes by which the Senate
amendments we're adopted were reconsidered.
The Senate amendments were then rejected and
the unamended House bill was passed. The
vetoed bills for public building at Sioux City,
Iowa Lafayette. Ind, and Lynn, Mass, we've
passed over the vetoes. Mr.. Plumb submitted
the Conference report upon the postotiice ap-
preparation bill. the result being disagreement
with respect to the subsidy feature.
The Committee on Appropriations reported
back the House bill appropriating $50 go for
the payment of pensioners of the Mexican war.
Passed. The Senate then took from the calen-
dar the House bill TO amend sections 6l9l and
5lR Of the Revised Statutes with an amend
ment in the nature of a substituted The sub.
stitute provides that whenever three-fourths Of
the national banks Of a city Of $1,000 popula-
ton shall apply to the Comptroller Of the
eay added to nave the the list m ,as
cities named in sections 519l and 5l92 Of the Re-
vised Statutes the Comptroller shall have au-
thorty to grant such request but the banks
must keep in their vaults at least Is per cent. of
their deposits. In like manner and on like con-
ditions cities with 100000 population may be-
come, like New York. places for banks Of re-
vided in section 5la5. Mr. Williams moved to
add San Francisco to the latter class
,,dos.a OF cities. Agreed to: and the bill
Mr.. Plumb presented the conference report on
the bill to adjust railroad land grants heretofore
unadjusted. Agreed to. A message from the
House at 10 p. m. announced tho passage of the
urgent deficiency bin, and the presidng officer
laid the bill before the Senate. Mr.. Edmunds
objected to the second reading OF the
biil' which which, insisted on. On, will prevent
At 10 80 the Senate proceeded to consideration
of the deficiency bill, consisting of l04 printed
pages The amendment to pay certain awards
OF the court OF claims tamounting to about SO,
0O0l On French spoilation claims was agreed to.
The House refused to pass the vetoed bill grant,
ing pension to Sally Ann Bradley. On sus-
pension OF the rules the Senate bill to repeal the
tenure of Office act was passed. Also,
in same manner, the Senate bill authorizing the
Secretary OF War to accept from the Commercial
Chicago. for military purposes, was passed. The
Senate amendments to the legislative appropria-
tion bill were non-concnrred in, The urgent de-
f1ciency bill WAS passed under suspension Of the
to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill
granting pension OF $50, 600 a year to Mrs. Gen.
Logan was lost-yeas. l45 nays, 1l3-not the
necessary two-thirds in the affirmative. The
bill for the erection OF public building at Day
ton, Ohio WAS passed over the Presidents veto.
The House was still in session at 1 40 d. m.
Both houses of Congress remained in ses sion
during all Of the night Of the I'D. At o'clock a.
m. Of the 4th Mr.. Plumb, in the Senate, reported
that the conference committee on the District
of Columbia had been unable to agree and re-
quested another conference. which was granted.
Mr.. Plumb also presented the conference re-
port on the bill for the relief of settlers and pur-
chasers Of public lands in Kansas and Nebraska.
Agreed to. The deficiency bill was again called
up and an item inserted to pay the Choctaw
Indians 81, $3.50 the amount of the judgment
of the Supreme Court House bills were passed
authorizing construction OF the following bridges
Across the Mississippi at Winona, Mimi,
and at Fort Madison or keokuk: across the
Missouri at Pierre and Yankton Dakota After
morning recess the conference report on the
District Of Columbia appropriation bill was pre-
sented and agreed to. The conferees ON the
fortifcstion bill were unable to agree. The
Senate bill appropriating so 600 for the expenses
OF Senate investigations ordered this session,
and the House bill for the loan Of government
articles to the industrial exhibition at
appointments were confirmed before tho Senate
dissolved. The usual resolution of thanks was
rendered to the presiding ofiicer and the Presi-
ucHt. uhSIuB etRuIueu Llht nc IfuI uOtnJDS Iuf-
ther to communicate, the Senate was declared
adjourned. The House passed the naval appro-
Priation bill agreed to in conference. Mr..
Struble, of Iowa, called up the vetoed bill for a
public building at Sioux City, but the House re.
fused to pass it over the veto-lN to n, not the
constitutional two-thrds majority. The bill
granting rlght-of-way TO the Clark's Fork and
Cook City railroad through the Grow Reservation
in Montana was passed under suspension OF the
rules. The conference report on the postofice
appropriation bill waa agreed TO- as was also the
Legislative appropriation bill. The latter came
from the Senate at 6 O'Clock a. m, where it had
been amended to include an item for secretaries
for Senators, TO which the House objected, but
finally agreed The committee Of conference on
the fortifcation bill reported continued dis
agreement the point of difference being in the
amount Of appropriation, the Senate bill involv-
ing an expenditure Of S40.0o0,0eo. while the
House bill, which majority Of the conferees
were willing to adopt. appropriated sl7.0O0,000.
The report was accepted and TINS the bill pro-
vfding for coast expenses was killed. After pass
ing a resolution OF thanks to Speaker Carlisle
the House adjourned sine die.